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The ultimate Sydney Film Festival experience is to lose yourself in a movie in the magnificent
State Theatre. The opulence of the historic ‘Palace of Dreams’ will add to your enjoyment
of this special selection of premieres, award winners and films gathering a global buzz for
delivering guaranteed moviegoing satisfaction.
Stoker
Blancanieves
Tue 11 Jun 8:30 PM STATe
Fri 14 Jun 8:00 PM CreMOrne
SAT 15 Jun 4:50 PM eV9
Spain, France | 2012 | 104 mins | No dialogue (with English
intertitles)
Director, Screenwriter: Pablo Berger | Producers: Ibon Cormenzana, Jerôme
Vidal, Pablo Berger | Cast: Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela
Molina| Distributor: Rialto Distribution
In this unique and unforgettable tribute to European silent
films, the fairy tale of Snow White is transposed with great
effect into the world of bullfighting in 1920s Spain.
Beautifully shot in black and white and featuring fabulous
flamenco music, a very evil stepmother, and a band of
bullfighting dwarves, Blancanieves is a magical retelling of
a classic story. Carmen is the daughter of a famous
bullfighter and is forced to live under the tyrannical rule of
her evil stepmother, Encarna. She escapes and joins a
troupe of bullfighting dwarves, where her beauty and
natural talent in the ring attract notices from the press. But
soon the news reaches Encarna, who at last knows where
to find Carmen, and she prepares for the final showdown.
Meticulous in every detail, Blancanieves is Snow White as
you’ve never seen it before.
Screens with La Pionnière (page 50)
Frances Ha
Fri 14 Jun 9:00 PM STATe
SAT 15 Jun 7:15 PM eV4
USA | 2012 | 86 mins | In English
AuSTrAliAn PreMiere
Director: Noah Baumbach | Screenwriters: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach |
Producers: Noah Baumbach, Lila Yacoub, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira | Cast:
Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver | Distributor: Transmission Films
Greta Gerwig (Greenberg, To Rome With Love) stars in and
co-wrote this bright and breezy modern fable by Noah
Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Kicking And
Screaming). She plays Frances, a dancer who has yet to
find a clear direction in her life. Nearly 30 years of age,
Frances loses her New York apartment, her career is going
nowhere slowly, she lacks a relationship, and is at odds
with her best friend Sophie. Nevertheless, she still
manages to live her life with joy and lightness, open to love
and adventure. With sparkling dialogue, peopled with
intelligent, witty characters, and shot in luscious black and
white, Frances Ha is reminiscent of Woody Allen’s best
work. Gerwig delivers a star turn, with great supporting
performances by Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver (Girls),
Grace Gummer and Michael Zegen in this funny, warm and
ultimately uplifting film.
Screens with The Chuck In (page 50)
Gloria
SAT 8 Jun 4:30 PM STATe
SAT 15 Jun 6:35 PM CreMOrne
Chile, Spain | 2012 | 110 mins | In Spanish with English
subtitles
AuSTrAliAn PreMiere
Director: Sebastián Lelio | Screenwriters: Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza |
Producers: Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo
Maza | Cast: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Diego Fontecilla | Distributor:
Rialto Distribution
In Sebastian Lelio’s surprising and funny film, Paulina
Garcia delivers the performance of a lifetime, for which she
deservedly won the Best Actress prize at Berlin. Garcia
plays Gloria, who is 58 years old but still feels young. She
lives a lonely life, but remains hopeful in her search for
love, and spends time in ballrooms for older singles. When
she meets the gentle Rodolfo, Gloria embarks on the new
relationship with zeal, but Rodolfo’s deep ties to his adult
children and ex-wife pose an obstacle. The entire film is
told from Gloria’s perspective, and we see her face a great
number of indignities with a courage and humour that are
deeply endearing. Refreshing in the candour with which it
depicts middle-age physicality and sexuality, and with a
great soundtrack ranging from disco to cult Latin American
hits, Gloria is an uplifting comedy-drama with a
transcendent climax.
THe look oF love
Fri 7 Jun 8:30 PM CreMOrne
Thu 13 Jun 8:45 PM STATe
SAT 15 Jun 9:30 PM eV4
UK, USA | 2013 | 101 mins | In English
AuSTrAliAn PreMiere
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Screenwriter: Matt Greenhalgh | Producer:
Melissa Parmenter | Cast: Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Imogen Poots |
Distributor: Madman Entertainment
Steve Coogan’s passion project reunites him with longtime
collaborator Michael Winterbottom (The Trip, 24 Hour Party
People) for the true story of the ‘King of Soho’, Paul
Raymond, who made a fortune ruling a huge nightclub,
real-estate and porn empire in the latter half of the 20th
century. In the process of amassing a fortune of billions of
pounds, Raymond, who quickly realised that sex sells and
sells well, had a string of lovers, a taste for the high life
and run-ins with the law. The Look of Love focuses on his
relationships with three of the most important women in
his life: his wife Jean (Anna Friel), his girlfriend Fiona
(Tamsin Egerton) and his beloved daughter Debbie (Imogen
Poots). Coogan delivers a remarkably complex performance
in this story of titillation, nihilism, heartbreak and tragedy.
Witterbottom also directed Everyday – see page 26.
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